WASCAL Innovative Ideas Competition For Sustainable Energy (WISE) 2025

WASCAL Innovative Ideas Competition for Sustainable Energy (WISE) 2025 | up to €20,000

WASCAL Innovative Ideas Competition

About WASCAL Innovative Ideas Competition

Applications are open for the WASCAL Innovative Ideas Competition for Sustainable Energy (WISE) 2025.

With the financial support of the German Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space (BMFTR), West African Science Service Centre on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use (WASCAL) seeks to identify and support groundbreaking short-term projects and development & research ideas that demonstrate the potential of renewable energy and green hydrogen to address the region’s energy challenges while promoting sustainable development.

The WASCAL Innovative Ideas Competition project ideas/initiatives should be focused on the development of renewable energy and green hydrogen with possible links to the following non-exhaustive thematic:

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Renewable energy solutions
Green Hydrogen technologies
Green mobility
Energy access and services through renewables
Biomass/waste recovery and energy
Energy-Water-Food Nexus Solutions
Productive uses of renewable energy in rural areas
Thematic Trainings/ Conferences/Workshops/ Raising awareness
Energy efficiency solutions
Women’s and girls’ empowerment in the renewable energies sector
Renewable energy in Socio-economic development and increasing the added value in rural areas
Innovative business plan models for energy technologies and services

WASCAL Innovative Ideas Competition Grant

The maximum amount of grant allocated for each project is €20,000 and the duration should not exceed 15 months.

WASCAL Innovative Ideas Competition Eligibility

This call is addressed to:

young West Africans. Any individual or group of young people (Students, academics, practitioners, scientists, technologists, entrepreneurs, associations…) from a West African country (Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Cote d’Ivoire, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, and Togo). Having a bank account is necessary.
associations/organisations, being legally registered in a West African Country and having a local bank account in the name of the association/organisation.

WASCAL Innovative Ideas Competition Application

The submission package is composed of:

The filed and signed application form
Endorsement letter from the institution/organization of the applicant
CV of the applicants
Certificate of registration for the associations and organizations.

The proposal should be a full version. It should be sent via email to: application.wise@wascal.org. Submission of documents must be in PDF format. WISE proposals and related documents are required to be in English or French. Submissions must be received by 11:59 pm (GMT+00), 31 December 2025.

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